Salas

forsberg_us wrote:

Who finished the game?  Was listening on the radio. Shannon said Sanchez twice and Salas three times.

LOL

It was Salas.

"I wonder if he know Salas and Sanchez are 2 different pitchers."

Of course he does. One of them is left-handed, after all ...

artie_fufkin wrote:

tkihshbt wrote:

La Russa's insistence on using Batista in these high-leverage spots is both infuriating and frustrating.

Going only from the description on Gameday, it looked like every ball except's McCann's was well-hit.

One of the inside jokes I have with myself is how every home run is on a flyball to DEEP right/center/left/etc., as if a homerun could be somewhere other than the DEEP part of the outfield.

That's pretty much what I wrote earlier, too, which is that the most likely thing is that an injury crops up.  That's the Cardinals way of handling these things.  Unfortunately for us is that Franklin's last words (before to meltdown a couple of days ago) were fightin' words, sayin' that he still had his stuff, was still throwing good pitches.  What we need is for him to face the man in the mirror and retire, but that might not happen.

So if Franklin won't go quietly into that good night, then it is either Batista or one of the young arms that must go.  So, I expect we'll continue to see Batista in clutch situations, at least until Tallet comes back and roster situation is decided.

As for Auggie, yes, 'for now'.  Who knows what the future may bring?  We sure didn't expect season ending surgery for Wainwright.

Now it's taken Mujica a half-dozen pitches to get the Reds back into the game.
Marty Brennaman's mentally-retarded son just said "the worm has turned."
Honestly, I've never cared to look long enough at a worm to know whether it can turn.

"What we need is for him to face the man in the mirror and retire, but that might not happen."

He's not going to walk away from a multi-million dollar contract when the alternative is selling insurance. As Fors indicated, he'll be given every opportunity to pitch himself out of a job, and they can't just send him to Memphis to work out whatever issues he has.
And unlikely as it appears to us right now, there is a possibility Franklin fixes whatever is wrong and becomes somewhat effective again. Pitchers have had bad months before.

don.rob11 wrote:

JJ team mates just blew another one for him .

And the whole thing started with two outs and nobody on.

forsberg_us wrote:

Max, this is precisely the type of Larussian-behavior you talked about last week. He's putting the long-term good of the season in front of the benefit of winning today's game. They've already clinched a winning April, will have a chance to win this series regardless of what happens today, and are doing it against a non-division team.

And what I said the other day was that when he does this the team seems to find a way to win.

Webstergrovesalum wrote:

Sure wish it was easier to find the game on MLB TV.  I signed up for this month but find it hard to locate the game

Found it!